Abstract
Bending tests were used to investigate the stress-corrosion cracking of 304L stainless steel in a corrosive atmosphere containing magnesium chloride. Initially smooth specimens showed multiple closely spaced cracks after exposures of up to 500h. These showed threshold stresses of 10MPa and a threshold humidity of 30%. Cracking rates increased with stress but were a maximum at plastic strains of 2%. Examination of cracks using focussed ion beam milling and electron diffraction indicated a multi-stage mechanism of propagation via preferential oxidation of slip planes. The apparent activation energy was 34kJmol−1 in the temperature range 333–363K.
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